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Star Wars Universe

For a while I wanted to do a official post to this trilogy/corporation, and everything to do with it. So anyway, I did after I looked up the easier way (I searched George Lucas since the other way is 12 pages long.

Anyway, this post will have anything you want to talk about it...more specificly the movies, tv series, comics, novels, and some of the other things that were created since 32 years ago.

What thing you did recently also? Like for example, I started recently reading book 1, Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. I also read the Vision of the Past (I made a mistake thinking that it was a prequel but it wasn't), now I'm still waiting to read Specter of the Future.

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Spector of the Past and Vision of the Future are part of a separate duology. The sequels to Heir to the Empire are Dark Force Rising and The Last Command.

Zahn's stuff is always pretty good, but I've largely fallen out of the EU ever since the Legacy of the Force series started. It just descended into a hellhole of idiotic plot elements and it's just painful to read the summaries on Wookiepedia and elsewhere.

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Galactic Civil War was the best. All the material published in the 1990's before the philosopher auxiliaries that make up the Jedi were expanded on was simply fantastic, even the stuff for kids. Post-Civil War stuff was OK I guess...but I didn't like how the 'good guys' won.

Tie Fighter is still the best SW game and the greatest FS of all time.

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I haven't read many of the books lately outside of Death Star and the first MedStar book. I hear that Karen Traviss got all pissy about the way Mandalorians are going to be portrayed in the second season of Clone Wars and has basically quit the franchise, but that seems to be a good thing based on most people's reactions.

Going by the ads I've seen lately, Cartoon Network seems to be promoting CW Season 2 as Cad Bane and Friends, which is for the best really, especially if they use him a lot.

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Originally Posted by Malintex_Terek

Galactic Civil War was the best. All the material published in the 1990's before the philosopher auxiliaries that make up the Jedi were expanded on was simply fantastic, even the stuff for kids. Post-Civil War stuff was OK I guess...but I didn't like how the 'good guys' won.

Tie Fighter is still the best SW game and the greatest FS of all time.

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Phew, yeah I'm a big Star Wars fan. And I must say the books are the most entertaining part. Sure, I own both trilogies on DVD and I love the movies, but what the authors manage to invent in the expanded universe is just more than great.

Actually I don't like George Lucas at all. I really don't. I'm very thankful for the movies and that he created that whole thing, but that's it.
The message alone that "he has HIS Star Wars" and the authors got their "expanded universe" is something that bugs me. I could really see the books getting made into movies - because, yeah, they are simply awesome.

Yeah, that's about it. There are A LOT of books I still have to own, and except the books of Jude Watson they are all worth it.
It's still enough to say that I know a lot about Star Wars. Jude Watson's Series "Jedi Apprentice", "Jedi Quest" and "Last of the Jedi" are NOT BAD (don't get me wrong), but she has a boring style to build her novels. It's almost always the same.

I started 1999 with Episode I, bought Episode II in 2004 and then it was like fever. In those novels are so many interesting things, so much fun - and the best thing - the original Star Wars Charme, y'know what I mean?

A friend borrowed me the first New Jedi Order-Book and I refused to read it. A year and a half after that I bought it and simply ATE the whole series. New Jedi Order is unbelievably good and worth every .. eh .. buck. (It's Euro for me 8P).
Unfortunately I'm reading everything in german, which I will end in the coming years. I have to wait soooo long for the books. The 4th Legacy of the Force is coming out in September, while the USA is 3 "arcs" away. It's a shame. But the translation is good after all.

I really would like to buy the comics, because some of them are just awesome. But I don't want to spend TOO much money on that, and it's impossible for me to own EVERYTHING. But I can recommend them, because I read a few.

And I own the 2 DVDs of the Clone Wars Comic Series. I was totally hyped about the ANIMATED series (and they managed to bring them on TV in europe) but it's CRAP. It's just crap. The stories and facts are making no sense at all, and so I am in camp "Expanded Universe" now, where people are writing stuff that's really worth reading, while George Lucas is totally after the money.

And I recommend wookieepedia.com for any information on novels and just everything about Star Wars.

And if you're going to start reading Star Wars novels, try something classic like the novels of the movies. Because my favourite series NJO is the best, but it starts 25 years after Episode IV and you'd be totally WTF at that point.

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I liked the series(books,movies etc) before Star Wars IV better then those stuff (books , movies etc) that happened after Star Wars III. It was kind of too much political stuff for me,not counting IV,V and V . But i must admit the whole Jacen Solo thingy was cool.

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Am I the only one who prefer the 5 minute micro series over the new clone wars series.

And I think the books could be made into movies. Just look what lucas did with the new Clone Wars series.

The only reason I HATE the new series is because of his fucking shitty apprentice. I sware this show better go all the way to the end of Episode III and ill have a smile on my face watching that bitch get saberslashed!

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Am I the only one who prefer the 5 minute micro series over the new clone wars series.

What do you mean with 5 minute micro series? Is it this?

Because I like THAT a lot.
EDIT:// Oh, I just saw it stands right there XDDDDD But the apprentice-thing confuses me, because there is none in this series?
Or is there? [/EDIT]

But if you mean THIS series -

- i can't help but say it's NOT GOOD.
Why does Anakin have an apprentice anyway? The Jedi council DOES NOT trust him!! There would be no point in giving him an apprentice.
WHY is the apprentice so strong and is able to fight equal to people like Asajj Ventress?!
That's crap! And I am not going to watch the Clone Wars-Movie!

Originally Posted by gold_rogger15

And I think the books could be made into movies. Just look what lucas did with the new Clone Wars series.

As i said, I would wish so. But I can imagine that Lucas would not like to pay for their screenplay. And it's Expanded universe after all, he does not give a s*it!!
Let's just hope he smells the money and makes it.

- i can't help but say it's NOT GOOD.Why does Anakin have an apprentice anyway? The Jedi council DOES NOT trust him!! There would be no point in giving him an apprentice.
WHY is the apprentice so strong and is able to fight equal to people like Asajj Ventress?!
That's crap! And I am not going to watch the Clone Wars-Movie!

THAT SERIES IS COMPLETE SHIT AND I REFUSE TO SEE IT!

THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT! Durge should've been in the 3rd movie if you ask me. He was so badass. He was like a weaker Boba Fett.

As i said, I would wish so. But I can imagine that Lucas would not like to pay for their screenplay. And it's Expanded universe after all, he does not give a s*it!!
Let's just hope he smells the money and makes it.

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Originally Posted by gold_rogger15

THAT WAS A BADASS SERIES EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY 5 MINUTES! God It was soo awesome and Grevious was just simply fucking bad ass. They fucked him over in EP III

The series itself wasn't on european TV at all. Bought the DVDs and watched it in one session. Bwahaha.
I can imagine that it must have kinda sucked watching only 5 minutes each episode.
And your quoted for truth for your opinion on Grievous. It's a shame he got "weak" after the incidence.

Originally Posted by gold_rogger15

THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT!

You're welcome. That's the point everyone has. Even my fiancé says that and she's no Star Wars-fan at all.

Originally Posted by gold_rogger15

Durge should've been in the 3rd movie if you ask me. He was so badass. He was like a weaker Boba Fett.

Woah, Durge was a badass. I wished there was a novel about him or something like that. He's kinda underrated.
Ventress herself is a badass too. She was a great Dark Jedi and there would've been no problem for her, killing Ahsoka Tano.
Maaan, I hate Ahsoka xD

In my early days with Star Wars my opinion was that the Old Republic-Jedi would whoop the asses of Luke Skywalker's Jedi.
But I think different nowadays.